Love and Colorado

By Arnoldnhelga4eva

Disclaimer: I don't own HA.

Hey, sorry its been so long, but I've been more busy than ever. First of all, the night I was gonna type this chapter up, my friend got in a car accident. She's okay, but I was worried, and trying to get a hold of her again after she called me the first time. Then, our coaches are making us dance non-stop, plus having our local news channel come interview us, us meaning high kick, not jazz/funk. So I woke up at 4:30 for nothing!!! Anyway, I figured I'd better type this up even though I've gotten only six hours of sleep, and I got a big dance competition tomorrow. Oh well, I could care less now. Only two more weeks of dance, then I'll have a lot more free time, until golf starts, then its dance, and the cycle starts all over again. Ok, anyway, here's chapter three.

Oh, BTW, I typed this up on 1/31/03, so I'll give u an update on what I said before:

Our Jazz team got 7th/12 teams

Our Kick team got 5th/10 teams

Our JV team got 4th/10 teams

I'm tired, its been a long 12 hour day. Anyway, I'm sure you'd be more interested in reading my story. Here it is, chapter three. Again I apologize for taking so long.

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Chapter Three: Meeting Doom

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'Are we almost there?' Helga complained from her jammed seat in between Arnold and Mary.

'We've only been flying for a half-an hour. It'll be another hour-and-a- half or so.' Helga sighed and slunk down in her seat. Mary thought of her friends and their son, Peter. Uh-oh. If Peter got too annoying, Helga might.

'Kids,' Mary said all of a sudden. Both Helga and Arnold turned their heads towards Mary, 'I do have to warn you about Peter though. He can be a little annoying at times but I want you to remember, especially you Helga. These people are letting us stay in their hotel for free, so that means you need to be really nice to him. It's unfortunate that he doesn't have too many friends, so I want you to invite him to go down a few slopes with you.'

'But we'll probably leave him in the dust! He'll never be able to keep up with us!' Helga yelled. Everyone around her shushed her and she glared at them. Then she turned around to face Mary again, 'He can't come with us, unless he's some pro we don't know about.'

'Actually, he skis, and you only have to go on about two runs with him. That's not so bad. It's the least you can do for them.'

'Okay Mary,' Arnold said. Helga's head shot over to him and she glared at him, 'Two runs won't be bad. We've got the whole two weeks, so it should be fine.' He looked at Helga who seemed to be contemplating what he said.

'I'll be right back,' Mary said as she got up to go to the bathroom. Helga looked over to Arnold.

'I see what you mean, but we won't be boarding the whole time. We'll probably go shopping, and clubbing, and--'

'No, no clubbing Helga,' She looked at him a little angrily so he continued, 'The last time we did that I made a fool out of myself. Plus, are you sure you want to take Peter clubbing?' she didn't even have to think twice.

'You're right. Scratch that. Well he'd better stay out of my hair,' she yawned and stretched in her seat, then got a little more comfortable, 'I'm gonna sleep till we land. Wake me when we get there.' She fell asleep almost instantly. Arnold's eyes grew heavier and heavier from the lack of sleep the night before. He tried to fight back but sleep claimed him as he dreamt.

The hills were beautiful white with few trees scattered in the middle of some runs. He was racing down the hill on his board as the cool air bit his cheeks, leaving them slightly rosen. It wasn't till then that he found he wasn't alone on the run.

'Hey football head,' he stopped suddenly as Helga appeared next to him, 'I'll race you down.' He nodded and she counted to three as they both took off at high speed, just racing, as free as the wind, Helga was laughing which made him smile and soon laugh along with her.

They were going really fast by now, until Helga's board caught a bad edge and she went falling.falling.falling, as a huge cloud of snow puffed up around her. Quickly he rushed over to her since she was in the lead anyway. There she was, clutching her knee, which was becoming swollen quickly. Tears started forming in her eyes and seemed to freeze once they made contact with the frigid air. He didn't know what to do.

'Help!' He shouted as loud as his voice would permit him to. There was no answer, but the wind, which was picking up faster and faster.

'Help!' He tried again, but still no answer. He was becoming worried as the wind picked up snow and swirled it around them, almost blinding Arnold. Helga looked up at him with a smile on her face. It melted him and he almost forgot that she was injured.

'Kiss me,' she said. He was shocked. Should he do it? How he wanted to, but why was she saying this? 'Just kiss me,' she repeated. He hesitated no longer. As his lips descended onto hers, he could hear a voice, 'All passengers please.'

'.exit the plane starting from front to back and enjoy your stay here in Colorado.' He woke up with a startle. It was all just a dream, nonetheless, a good dream. He looked to his left where Helga and Mary were sleeping soundly. He shook Helga slightly as her eyes opened reluctantly.

'W-what? It's not time to get up,' she said not at all awake as she snuggled into Arnold's chest. His blood grew warm and his limbs turned numb, but somehow he managed to put his hands on her shoulders and wake her up. That was only the beginning.

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'Wow, this place is huge!' Helga cried excitedly as they entered the lodge. So far, Mary's friends sent their limo driver to pick them up and bring them to the lodge suite. It was humongous. There were two floors, the first consisting of a kitchen, a living room with a fireplace, tow bathrooms, a bedroom, and a spiral staircase going upstairs to two other bedrooms, connected by a bathroom. Its atmosphere was woodsy, since almost everything was made of wood, including the furniture. Cushions adorned the sofas and chairs to give them plush, and there was a carpet in front of the fireplace. It was wonderful. (A/N: Okay, I'm just making this up, so lets pretend a hotel can be this nice, but I wouldn't be surprised if one in Veil could be this nice.)

'Wow, it's amazing.' Arnold commented. It was though. It was the most fancy room in disguise that he'd ever seen. It was an earthy feeling, like you were getting back to nature. Helga looked at him for a second.

'I call the room on the right!' she yelled racing up the stairs. Arnold just shook his head and went to grab his bags to take upstairs. Just then the doors burst open and a woman, a man, and a teenage boy walked through the door. The woman took on look at Mary beneath her gaudy sunglasses and screamed in joy.

'Mary! You made it!' she yelled, running over to her and throwing her arms around Mary. The boy tried to hide behind his father. Maybe if he wasn't so shy, he wouldn't e so gauche. Arnold decided to introduce himself.

'Hi, I'm Arnold,' he stuck his hand out and the boy looked at Arnold's hand a little prudently before accepting it in a hand shake, 'I'm guessing you're Peter.' The boy nodded,' Its nice to meet you.' Just then Peter's gaze left Arnold and focused on something new, something behind Arnold. Arnold looked behind him and there was Helga, descending the stairs one by one, just ever so gracefully. When she got to the bottom, she was smothered in a hug by Mary's friend.

'Oh Helga! You're even more beautiful than I though! By the way, my name's Jane. This is my husband John,' She gestured toward the older man, then turned to her son, 'And I see you've already met Peter Arnold. C'mere, let me give you a hug!' Before he could react the life was squeezed out of him. When Jane finally let go of him, she turned to both kids, 'Now I'm sure the two of you have some unpacking to do. Go ahead and unpack. I don't wanna keep you waiting. Mary and I are going to take you to get your passes a little later, so get dressed for the slopes!' Helga and Arnold smiled and grabbed their stuff and headed upstairs, Helga to the right, Arnold to the left. Arnold watched Helga disappear into her room, then entered his own. He took out his clothes and placed them all in the drawers then hung up some of his nicer clothes in the closet. He laid out his snow pants, sweatshirt and other boarding necessities on his bed, then took out his snowboard and boots. As he unpacked his toiletries and other bathing necessities (A/N: I don't know what guys call them), he walked into the bathroom only to be stunned.

On Helga's side were bottles and bottles of various things ranging from perfume to deodorant to make-up. Arnold's side looked bare compared to hers. Just then she walked in with more bottles in her arms. His eyes widened in shock. Where had she hidden all this stuff at home?

'How much did you bring!?'

'Oh, maybe a few dozen things.' She said nonchalantly dumping the contents onto her side, straightening them out, then head out of the bathroom.

'Oh, and by the way Arnoldo, whenever one of us takes a shower, or goes to the bathroom, we need to lock both doors, just in case.' Arnold nodded. Helga looked into his room, 'Well it looks like you're ready to hit the slopes.' Once again he nodded.

'Yeah, I can't wait.' He said, looking into her room where clothes were strewn everywhere, 'You'd better get ready, we're laving in an hour.' She nodded and disappeared into her room, so he decided to get ready. He could hardly wait.

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'Okaaay, your name young lady?' The man looked at Helga.

'Helga Pataki.' The man nodded and typed her name in the computer.

'Okay, just stand over there and we'll take your picture.' She nodded and complied. Five minutes later, Arnold and Helga returned to the desk to get their passes. Arnold smiled.

'At least you head fits on your pass Arnoldo.' Helga joked. He laughed along with her as Peter came up behind them. Arnold turned around.

'Hey Peter,' Helga rolled her eyes. Already she didn't like this kid, and she had a bad feeling about him, but she couldn't quite put her thumb on it, 'You gonna go skiing?'

'Yeah.' He replied plainly. Helga looked at him.

'You got a pass?' Peter nodded and took out his own, 'That's nice, let's go.' She said grabbing Arnold's arm and dragging him outside to the snowboard corral. They had dropped off all their equipment before heading inside to get their passes. Arnold took this time to look at Helga. She looked beautiful with her long blond hair flowing beneath her white hat. Her sweatshirt was also white and Pink with glittery snowflakes. It said Billabong in big glittery pink letters on the front if he remembered correctly. (A/N: I have a sweatshirt just like this. Its so cool!:D) She clad pink snow pants with a little flare and on her feet adorned her white snowboarding boots. She wore white mittens. Arnold himself had on a blue sweatshirt, blue snowpants and gloves, and black snowboarding shoes. Peter was a little more bundled up. He had on a big chunky looking jacket and big snowpants with huge ski boots. It was almost impossible for him to walk very fast in the humongous shoes.

They reached the corral and got their snowboards, and Peter his skis. Then they headed for the Gondola, which would bring them to the top of the mountain. Arnold planned out which runs they would do before they left. They'd have to do the easier ones with Peter here, unless he was better than they thought.

They boarded the gondola and sat down. Arnold and Peter sat on both sides of Helga. Immediately Peter showed his other side, his true side, his annoying side.

'So, ya got a boyfriend?' Peter asked. Helga and Arnold both looked over at him, shocked by his nosiness.

'Uhhhh, no.' she responded.

'You like anyone?' This was different. When they first met he was shy and quiet, Mary had warned them thought that he would be annoying. This was too much though.

'That's none of your beeswax!' Helga yelled at him, making everyone else in the gondola turn to stare at them. Helga scowled at them all and they returned to their previous conversations.

'Well, I was just curious. Why not? You're pretty.'

'Yeah, that doesn't mean I don't turn guys down.' Arnold looked at her shocked. She'd never told him that before.

'Well, why?' Peter asked. That was the end of it, he'd cut the string. She lost her temper.

'BECAUSE I ONLY LIKE ONE GUY THAT I'VE LOVED FOREVER! ARE YOU THAT DENSE!?' She screamed at him, shaking him. Arnold pulled her back from him before she killed him. But wait, did that mean.

She still loved him?

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Okay, I love you all, so please R/R. I need the inspiration. I've got another short fic coming up just in time for Valentines day. I've never seen the Valentines episode, though I've heard many spoilers. Did anyone see Timberly Loves Arnold? Arnold tells Gerald that the love life between him and Lila and Timberly is over!:D Yay! Does that mean he's gotten over little miss perfect? I hope so. Anyway, R/R please. I'll try to update asap.

C ya l8ter.

Arnoldnhelga4eva